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Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
1
Cameron Brown
American musician
2
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
3
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
4
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
5
Mike Richmond
American musician
6
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
7
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
8
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
9
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
10
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
11
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
12
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
13
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
14
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
15
Bob Neloms
16
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
17
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
18
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
19
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
20
Teddy Charles
American musician
21
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
22
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
23
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
24
Al Foster
American musician
25
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
26
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
27
George Coleman
American musician
28
Dave Holland
British musician
29
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
30
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
31
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
32
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
33
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
34
Lewis Nash
American drummer
35
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
36
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
37
Roland Hanna
American pianist
38
Eddie Bert
American musician
39
Danny Mixon
American musician
40
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
41
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
42
Don Butterfield
American musician
43
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
44
Pete Levin
American musician
45
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
46
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
47
Sirone
American musician
48
Cecil McBee
American bassist
49
James Moody
American jazz musician
50
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
51
Bill Saxton
American jazz musician
52
Howard Johnson
American musician
